Her whole body welcomed him as hungrily as a virgin; she moved with him and she felt the rhythm of the pulsing tides of the earth around her. Had you forgotten that the son of Uriens had teaching here, and wears the serpents about his wrists? Niniane was silent for a moment, motionless. You cannot call down God to serve your own purposes this way. There was no sound, but the woman said to her, Before Christ ever was, I am, and it was I who made you as you are.
Hush, hush, child-don't speak so to your brother, she admonished, and Gwydion said, I am sorry, Agravaine-I should not have been rude to you. He will be glad to have an excuse to be away. Morgaine said as much to me when I saw her last at Arthur's court. And I have woven prayers for you and your Companions into every stitch, she said, in entreaty.
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